1998 Quebec general election

November 30, 1998

125 seats in the 36th Quebec Legislature
63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.32% (Decrease3.26%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Lucien Bouchard Jean Charest Mario Dumont
Party Parti Québécois Liberal Action démocratique
Leader since January 27, 1996 April 30, 1998 May 11, 1994
Leader's seat Jonquière Sherbrooke (won seat) Rivière-du-Loup
Last election 77 seats, 44.75% 47 seats, 44.40% 1 seat, 6.46%
Seats won 76 48 1
Seat change Decrease1 Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 1,744,240 1,771,858 480,636
Percentage 42.87% 43.55% 11.81%
Swing Decrease1.88% Decrease0.85% Increase5.35%

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.

Premier before election

Lucien Bouchard
Parti Québécois

Premier after election

Lucien Bouchard
Parti Québécois

The 1998 Quebec general election was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Charest.

After the narrow defeat of the PQ's proposal for political independence for Quebec in an economic union with the rest of Canada in the 1995 Quebec referendum, PQ leader Jacques Parizeau resigned. In January 1996, Bouchard left federal politics, where he was leader of the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons of Canada, to lead the Parti Québécois and become premier.

Jean Charest had also left federal politics, where he had been leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Charest was initially seen as a bad fit for the Quebec Liberal Party, and for provincial politics. He later overcame this perception.

In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election. However, this time the Liberals won a slightly larger percentage of the popular vote, but nonetheless far fewer seats.

Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique du Québec, repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election. However, his party also repeated its failure to elect any other member apart from its leader.

Results

[1]

Elections to the National Assembly of Quebec (1998)
Political party Party leader MNAs Votes
Candidates 1994 1998 ± # ± % ± (pp)
Parti Québécois Lucien Bouchard 12477761Decrease1,744,2407,202Decrease42.87%1.88Decrease
Liberal Jean Charest 12547481Increase1,771,85834,160Increase43.55%0.85Decrease
Action démocratique Mario Dumont 12511Steady480,636227,915Increase11.81%5.36Increase
Socialist Democracy[a 1] Paul Rose 9724,0979,172Decrease0.59%0.26Decrease
Equality Keith Henderson 2412,5431,017Increase0.31%0.01Increase
Independent 3912,44153,780Decrease0.31%1.39Decrease
Bloc Pot Marc-Boris St-Maurice 249,9449,944Increase0.24%New
Natural Law Allen Faguy 355,36927,837Decrease0.13%0.72Decrease
Marxist–Leninist 242,7471,576Increase0.07%0.04Increase
Parti innovateur du Québec 202,484623Increase0.06%0.01Increase
Communist 202,1131,051Increase0.05%0.02Increase
Total 657125 125 4,068,472 100.00%
Rejected ballots 46,991 31,548Decrease
Voter turnout 4,115,163 123,136Increase 78.32 3.26Decrease
Registered electors 5,254,482 361,017Increase
  1. comparison is with NDP 1994 results
Seats and popular vote by party
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
 Parti Québécois
76 / 125
42.87%
-1.88
 
 Liberal
48 / 125
43.55%
-0.85
 
 Action démocratique
1 / 125
11.81%
5.36 5.36
 
 Independent
0 / 125
0.31%
-1.39
 
 Other
0 / 125
1.46%
-1.24
 

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1998 Quebec general election[1][2]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1]
Votes
Name 1994 Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
PQ Lib ADQ PDS Eq Ind Oth Total
 
Abitibi-Est PQ PQ 12,30250.85%3,30913.68%74.27%12,3028,9932,41714433824,194
Abitibi-Ouest PQ PQ 14,73359.48%7,40029.87%74.39%14,7337,3332,43027424,770
Acadie Lib Lib 26,31675.19%19,62956.08%78.05%6,68726,3161,62913623335,001
Anjou PQ Lib 12,09744.51%1430.53%82.31%11,95412,0972,82519211227,180
Argenteuil Lib Lib 16,68442.47%1480.38%78.29%16,53616,6845,05812827161039,287
Arthabaska PQ PQ 19,46953.69%7,27220.05%81.06%19,46912,1974,59736,263
Beauce-Nord Lib Lib 12,13746.39%2,0117.69%79.98%10,12612,1373,77212726,162
Beauce-Sud Lib Lib 15,78448.77%3,87711.98%76.08%11,90715,7844,23523320532,364
Beauharnois-Huntingdon Lib Lib 15,48747.27%2,0386.22%81.32%13,44915,4873,46114721832,762
Bellechasse PQ PQ 11,32347.58%2,1799.16%79.17%11,3239,1443,14918423,800
Berthier PQ PQ 20,07453.58%8,36422.33%79.51%20,07411,7105,11329726837,462
Bertrand Lib PQ 15,66646.63%1,7435.19%77.38%15,66613,9233,725125599833,596
Blainville PQ PQ 17,69250.99%7,97322.98%82.82%17,6929,7197,10218234,695
Bonaventure PQ Lib 10,68147.23%1600.71%75.63%10,52110,6811,41222,614
Borduas PQ PQ 16,78555.42%7,59925.09%83.50%16,7859,1864,04127430,286
Bourassa Lib Lib 13,43453.92%5,07620.37%78.46%8,35813,4342,73418919924,914
Bourget PQ PQ 13,05647.73%2,1057.69%79.54%13,05610,9512,89918526527,356
Brome-Missisquoi Lib Lib 18,12757.17%8,33826.30%80.56%9,78918,1273,59919431,709
Chambly PQ PQ 22,55952.51%7,32917.06%84.63%22,55915,2304,55011713137842,965
Champlain PQ PQ 17,25447.29%4,26411.69%82.43%17,25412,9905,96213714636,489
Chapleau Lib Lib 24,28859.22%11,68828.50%71.26%12,60024,2883,61728122641,012
Charlesbourg PQ PQ 15,98541.00%330.08%82.19%15,98515,9526,30927329617038,985
Charlevoix PQ PQ 13,64856.60%5,32622.09%76.49%13,6488,3221,80018315824,111
Châteauguay Lib Lib 16,65546.92%1,3643.84%84.18%15,29116,6553,21711421635,493
Chauveau PQ PQ 20,20443.42%2,8306.08%78.60%20,20417,3748,20351923546,535
Chicoutimi PQ PQ 19,98057.26%10,02528.73%74.82%19,9809,9554,65317712734,892
Chomedey Lib Lib 28,29369.87%19,42447.97%79.24%8,86928,2932,76819536840,493
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière PQ PQ 22,57749.62%8,78119.30%81.96%22,57713,7968,48635828645,503
Crémazie PQ PQ 13,95345.35%3091.00%81.34%13,95313,6442,57921837430,768
D'Arcy-McGee Lib Lib 29,06590.61%27,66886.26%76.17%1,00229,0654001351,3977732,076
Deux-Montagnes PQ PQ 21,83147.03%7,45316.05%81.08%21,83114,3789,62814112132446,423
Drummond PQ PQ 20,52152.35%7,18718.33%79.72%20,52113,3345,00733739,199
Dubuc PQ PQ 16,38859.81%8,23430.05%74.69%16,3888,1542,85827,400
Duplessis PQ PQ 15,40659.32%7,01127.00%69.44%15,4068,3952,17025,971
Fabre PQ PQ 19,85945.95%2,3525.44%84.18%19,85917,5075,69615643,218
Frontenac Lib PQ 12,89044.53%9033.12%82.12%12,89011,9874,07328,950
Gaspé PQ PQ 11,04750.41%1,2525.71%74.62%11,0479,7951,07221,914
Gatineau Lib Lib 18,48161.53%9,22230.71%73.42%9,25918,4811,79420229830,034
Gouin PQ PQ 16,09752.68%5,82419.06%74.40%16,09710,2733,2766246122430,555
Groulx PQ PQ 17,04148.51%4,57713.03%80.50%17,04112,4645,26317119135,130
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve PQ PQ 12,92260.61%7,47835.08%68.01%12,9225,4442,45429220821,320
Hull Lib Lib 18,87359.30%8,68227.28%70.87%10,19118,8732,12629134431,825
Iberville PQ PQ 17,65747.03%4,41211.75%81.28%17,65713,2456,41222737,541
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Lib PQ 4,73252.54%5886.53%87.57%4,7324,1441309,006
Jacques-Cartier Lib Lib 32,92483.67%29,60975.25%79.62%3,31532,9241,3922171,50239,350
Jeanne-Mance Lib Lib 22,66977.31%17,89061.01%79.21%4,77922,6691,596781396229,323
Jean-Talon Lib Lib 12,81745.33%1560.55%85.04%12,66112,8172,29832617128,273
Johnson PQ PQ 14,29248.33%3,12910.58%80.96%14,29211,1633,82429029,569
Joliette PQ PQ 19,78456.15%10,14828.80%80.69%19,7849,6365,31050435,234
Jonquière PQ PQ 20,47560.48%13,92341.12%76.91%20,4756,5521,6865,023[a 2]12033,856
Kamouraska-Témiscouata Lib Lib 11,25943.49%1100.42%74.72%11,14911,2593,14933425,891
Labelle PQ PQ 17,02358.61%7,99927.54%76.01%17,0239,0242,78121829,046
Lac-Saint-Jean PQ PQ 21,49870.56%15,70651.55%76.78%21,4985,7923,17830,468
LaFontaine Lib Lib 22,98457.59%10,86827.23%80.06%12,11622,9844,47616117639,913
La Peltrie PQ PQ 20,99646.44%4,86210.75%84.37%20,99616,1347,38249220645,210
La Pinière Lib Lib 22,84960.73%11,73631.19%80.70%11,11322,8493,3301251307537,622
Laporte Lib Lib 19,58752.85%6,36017.16%80.28%13,22719,5873,43131718831537,065
La Prairie PQ PQ 23,58050.59%9,14419.62%82.78%23,58014,4368,35424246,612
L'Assomption PQ PQ 21,07151.50%10,74526.26%81.79%21,07110,3268,94121436540,917
Laurier-Dorion Lib Lib 19,47156.70%8,60325.05%76.21%10,86819,4712,56149011383634,339
Laval-des-Rapides PQ PQ 13,93845.49%1,4414.70%78.85%13,93812,4973,77111732030,643
Laviolette PQ PQ 14,41154.13%5,12019.23%79.07%14,4119,2912,75816226,622
Lévis PQ PQ 15,47349.10%4,39013.93%79.92%15,47311,0834,5531961496031,514
Limoilou PQ Lib 13,92942.34%1,2983.95%75.22%12,63113,9295,57634530710932,897
Lotbinière PQ PQ 11,49647.64%2,3489.73%81.46%11,4969,1483,48624,130
Louis-Hébert PQ PQ 14,80546.13%1,8385.73%80.88%14,80512,9673,97716917832,096
Marguerite-Bourgeoys Lib Lib 23,23468.15%15,51045.50%79.93%7,72423,2342,26316141729234,091
Marguerite-D'Youville PQ PQ 21,22454.28%9,28323.74%86.67%21,22411,9415,37024032739,102
Marie-Victorin PQ PQ 15,69251.68%5,81619.16%75.23%15,6929,8764,05424549530,362
Marquette Lib Lib 16,60656.45%6,84523.27%77.82%9,76116,6062,61526417329,419
Maskinongé PQ PQ 17,42348.15%4,19311.59%80.62%17,42313,2305,22530836,186
Masson[lower-alpha 1] PQ PQ 17,52964.03%12,61546.08%60.15%17,5294,4534,9141434229527,376
Matane PQ PQ 11,84757.63%4,85423.61%72.97%11,8476,9931,54417320,557
Matapédia PQ PQ 13,12557.47%5,71525.02%74.40%13,1257,4101,88223818422,839
Mégantic-Compton Lib Lib 12,67550.49%2,3369.31%79.89%10,33912,6751,8351748125,104
Mercier PQ PQ 17,55255.38%8,54726.97%75.28%17,5529,0052,8188731581,28531,691
Mille-Îles PQ PQ 17,46543.61%8652.16%84.39%17,46516,6005,44015639040,051
Montmagny-L'Islet Lib Lib 11,04745.99%1,8057.52%75.32%9,24211,0473,72924,018
Montmorency PQ PQ 19,94645.16%5,12811.61%80.73%19,94614,8187,1542671,77420444,163
Mont-Royal Lib Lib 24,36780.24%20,49867.50%72.77%3,86924,3671,07616757531530,369
Nelligan Lib Lib 35,69875.67%28,20659.79%79.91%7,49235,6982,84815684014047,174
Nicolet-Yamaska PQ PQ 14,16650.23%3,79713.46%84.59%14,16610,3693,50915728,201
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Lib Lib 22,62777.62%18,74164.29%73.92%3,88622,6279802561,16323929,151
Orford Lib Lib 21,16450.96%4,91611.84%81.32%16,24821,1643,62435214441,532
Outremont Lib Lib 18,05058.31%8,17226.40%73.79%9,87818,0501,66754521260330,955
Papineau Lib Lib 16,02554.78%4,84816.57%74.93%11,17716,0251,60412611420929,255
Pointe-aux-Trembles PQ PQ 15,94653.83%6,83623.08%78.79%15,9469,1104,20520515829,624
Pontiac Lib Lib 22,07675.27%17,93361.15%74.59%4,14322,0769631081,75711216929,328
Portneuf PQ PQ 15,57247.98%3,27310.09%80.70%15,57212,2994,28329832,452
Prévost PQ PQ 19,66353.43%8,40922.85%77.89%19,66311,2545,37222928036,798
Richelieu PQ PQ 17,74556.31%9,02728.65%80.99%17,7458,7184,54324626131,513
Richmond Lib Lib 14,35853.06%4,65417.20%81.90%9,70414,3582,99827,060
Rimouski PQ PQ 16,68756.36%7,07023.88%75.43%16,6879,6172,71019240029,606
Rivière-du-Loup ADQ ADQ 10,89746.34%4,58919.52%76.80%6,3085,95210,897619819723,513
Robert-Baldwin Lib Lib 31,70284.08%28,20874.81%78.06%3,49431,7021,1731,04229537,706
Roberval PQ PQ 19,28859.95%11,31035.15%73.12%19,2887,9784,61629432,176
Rosemont PQ PQ 14,11647.95%2,6689.06%77.36%14,11611,4483,02926358529,441
Rousseau PQ PQ 18,07655.35%8,54326.16%75.94%18,0769,5334,80524332,657
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue PQ PQ 15,92249.29%3,53110.93%76.25%15,92212,3913,62836032,301
Saguenay PQ PQ 15,41962.64%10,41842.32%69.47%15,4195,0014,03615924,615
Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques PQ PQ 16,53052.94%6,80821.80%67.51%16,5309,7223,17162977381,05731,224
Saint-François Lib Lib 16,90851.00%3,67911.10%79.60%13,22916,9082,57529614833,156
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne Lib Lib 14,24048.35%2,3077.83%73.75%11,93314,2402,57020512412625129,449
Saint-Hyacinthe PQ PQ 18,55549.60%5,10713.65%81.74%18,55513,4485,11229537,410
Saint-Jean PQ PQ 19,56247.08%3,7709.07%81.23%19,56215,7925,77842041,552
Saint-Laurent Lib Lib 28,28078.03%22,55162.22%76.78%5,72928,2801,46812947216536,243
Saint-Maurice PQ PQ 13,94749.52%3,72813.24%80.68%13,94710,2193,99828,164
Salaberry-Soulanges PQ PQ 21,58851.82%6,65615.98%82.99%21,58814,9324,88425341,657
Sauvé Lib Lib 14,12558.45%6,71227.77%76.27%7,41314,1252,08417237224,166
Shefford Lib Lib 15,50337.28%730.18%80.62%15,43015,50310,2209034441,587
Sherbrooke PQ Lib 15,09347.41%9072.85%79.74%14,18615,0932,17116921931,838
Taillon PQ PQ 21,15453.02%8,78222.01%77.95%21,15412,3725,87734514739,895
Taschereau PQ PQ 11,32747.00%2,53410.51%73.84%11,3278,7933,03352142824,102
Terrebonne PQ PQ 21,25259.47%13,05736.54%81.03%21,2528,1956,07721035,734
Trois-Rivières PQ PQ 13,49546.31%1,5235.23%78.91%13,49511,9723,4778211329,139
Ungava PQ PQ 6,48248.22%9657.18%61.93%6,4825,5171,44313,442
Vachon PQ PQ 16,99349.75%5,23815.33%81.85%16,99311,7555,14716110334,159
Vanier PQ PQ 16,88543.58%2,4776.39%77.80%16,88514,4087,02242938,744
Vaudreuil Lib Lib 22,93451.92%6,71115.19%81.79%16,22322,9344,42021837744,172
Verchères PQ PQ 19,05560.64%11,76837.45%83.22%19,0557,2874,74733531,424
Verdun Lib Lib 17,44152.76%5,77117.46%75.70%11,67017,4413,1051511716645633,060
Viau[lower-alpha 2] Lib Lib 18,77470.08%13,56050.62%73.54%18,7745,2144261742,20126,789
Viger Lib Lib 18,71564.80%11,21938.84%80.30%7,49618,7152,36916813528,883
Vimont PQ PQ 20,93845.39%1,8534.02%84.69%20,93819,0855,60421529246,134
Westmount-Saint-Louis Lib Lib 26,24479.17%21,63565.26%66.26%4,60926,2441,15022464827533,150
  1. including spoilt ballots
  2. Michel Chartrand, candidate of the unregistered Rassemblement pour l'alternative progressiste
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = incumbent had switched allegiance
  = previously incumbent in another riding
  = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = other incumbents renominated
  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = multiple candidates

Analysis

Seating arrangement in the 36th National Assembly
Party candidates in 2nd place[1]
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
PQLibADQEq
Parti Québécois 75176
Liberal 461148
Action démocratique 11
Total 477521125
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[1]
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
 Parti Québécois 76471
 Liberal 48752
 Action démocratique 121175
 Equality 13121
 Bloc Pot 1176
 Independent 1914
 Socialist Democracy 5633
 Natural Law 714
 Parti innovateur du Québec 27
 Marxist–Leninist 25
 Communist 23
Resulting composition of the 36th Quebec Legislative Assembly[2]
SourceParty
PQ Lib ADQ Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned 6137199
Open seats held 11718
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance 11
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated 246
Open seats gained 11
Total 76481125


See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Election postponed to December 14 upon the death of PQ candidate Yves Blais.[3] Gilles Labbé was nominated to take his place, and subsequently won.[4]
  2. Aurèle Bourassa (PQ) withdrew from the contest,and then changed his mind. His bid to be reinstated on the ballot was refused.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Drouilly, Pierre (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1998". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription" [National Assembly members by riding] (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  3. Authier, Philip (November 24, 1998). "Long-serving MNA fought to the end". Montreal Gazette. p. 1.
  4. Bordonado, Gilles (December 16, 1998). "Le péquiste Gilles Labbé l'emporte avec une majorité écrasante" [The péquiste Gilles Labbé takes it with a crushing majority]. La Revue de Terrebonne (in French). p. A3.
  5. Gamble, David (November 18, 1998). "Péquiste who quit can't rejoin race". Montreal Gazette. p. 11.


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